Stephen A. Hambric, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Acoustics Senior Research Associate Applied Research Laboratory Phone: (814) 863-3030 E-mail: sah19@only.arl.psu.edu

Research Interests

• Structural Acoustics
• Noise Control
• Flow Noise
• Computational Acoustics (finite and boundary element analysis, statistical energy analysis)
• Optimization Techniques

Courses Taught

• ACS 519 Sound-Structure Interaction
• ACS 597 Research and Writing for Acousticians

Acoustics Graduate Students

• Kristin Lai-Fook Cody
• Andrew Barnard
• Harrison Gyurko
• Edward Heyd

Select Publications

Daley, M.D., and Hambric, S.A., "Simulating and Measuring Structural Intensity Fields in Plates Induced by Spatially and Temporally Random Excitation," ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, Vol. 127, No. 5, pp. 451-457, October 2005.

S.A. Hambric, Y.F. Hwang, and W.K. Bonness, “Vibrations of plates with clamped and free edges excited by low-speed turbulent boundary layer flow,” Journal of Fluids and Structures, 19(1): 93-110 (January 2004).

S. C. Conlon and S. A. Hambric, "Predicting the vibroacoustic response of satellite equipment panels,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 113(3): 1455-1474 (March 2003).

S.A. Hambric, Y.F. Hwang, and T.S. Chyczewski, “Noise sources and transmission in piping systems,” Proceedings of ASME 2002 IMECE, New Orleans, LA, 29: 79-90 (November 2002).

S.A. Hambric, et.al., “Low-frequency measurements and predictions of the structural-acoustic properties of the INCE standard T-beam structure,” J. Noise Control Eng. 50(3): 90-99 (May-June 2002).

C.M. Pray, S.A. Hambric, C.B. Burroughs, and T.E. McDevitt, “Characterization of folded beam waveguide absorbers for damping of flexural vibrations in a thick plate,” J. Noise Control Eng 48(6): 185-192 (November-December 2000).

S. A. Hambric and R. P. Szwerc, "Predictions of structural intensity fields using solid finite elements," J. Noise Control Eng. 47(6): 209-217 (November-December 1999).

 

 

 

Graduate Program in Acoustics, The Pennsylvania State University